Mike Johnson: “Everyone here wants to reduce spending. All of us want to…”

“I know they have the same debates, but I've got more than 170 additional personalities and districts to deal with than they do. Right. So it's a, it's a complicated balance. But Everyone here wants to reduce spending. All of us want to return to pre-pandemic spending levels. I mean, we do, but you have to do that in a sequence of events. We have a plan, okay. This is the first of a multi step process.” (08:33–08:40)

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